Girdle with attached panty



Feb. 16, 1965 s. GRISHMAN GIRDLE WITH ATTACHED PANTY Filed Oct. 19, 1962INVENTOR. 5/M0/v GR/SHMHN BY FITTORNEY United States Patent 3,169,539GficDLE WITH ATTAQHEB PANTY Simon Grislnnan, Yonkers, N.Y., assignor toWilliam Glucldn 8; Cornpmy, ind, New York, N.Y., a corporation of NewYork Filed Oct. 19, 1952, Ser. No. 231,754 1 (Ilaina. (til. lid-519)This invention relates to girdles, wherein a panty is arranged entirelywithin the environment of the girdle and attached at its upper end tothe waistband portion of the girdle and otherwise freely disposed withinthe idle. More particularly, the invention deals with a girdle'strucareof the character defined, wherein the body portion of the girdleincludes front and rear panels for support of the body in the use of thegirdle.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from thefollowing description, when taken together with the accompanyingdrawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosedand, in which, the separate parts are designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views and, in which:

PEG. 1 is a front view of a girdle made according to my invention,illustrating the front and rear portions disposed directly one upon theother, with parts of the construction broken away and in section.

Fi 2 is an enlarged section on the line 22 of FIG. 1.

PEG. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 33 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 2 showing only part of the constructionand showing a modification.

In illustrating one adaptation and use of my invention, I havediagrammatically shown at 1% a girdle body portion and at 11 a pantydisposed entirely within the body portion 19.

The body portion 19 includes a waistband portion 12 in the form of anelastic band, having ends thereof crossed at the front of the girdle indiamond-shaped overlapped relatively movable portions, generallyidentified by the reference character 13. The body portion It) includesa front panel 14 and a rear panel 15, to side edges of which areattached side portions 16 and 17, the latter being preferably composedof all-way stretch material. The two panels 14 and 15 and the sides 16and 17 are attached to the waistband 12 and to the lower edges of thepanels and sides is attached on the inner surface thereof an elasticband 18, as diagrammatically seen in FIG. 1 of the drawing. Except forthe showings in FIG. 2, no illustrations have been made of thestitchings for attachment of the bands and sides to each other and tothe waistband and the lower elastic band 18. However, in FIG. 1, theshowing of the line 19 inwardly of the edge 20 is to diagrammaticallyillustrate a decorative type of stitching line conforming to the contourof the edge 213 and this stitching is diagrammatically shown in FIG. 3of the drawing, in which figure, the other stitching 21 is shownattaching the free edge of 16 to the panel 14.

At 22 I have diagrammatically shown depending garter supporting strapsattached to the band 18 and the lower ends of the sides 16 and 17.

The panel 14 has a contracted upper end 23 and a contracted lower end24, the panel adjacent the upper end 23 having its widest portion, asillustrated by the corners 25, thus forming, of the panel 14, ashield-like structure for support of the front of the body of thewearer. The panel 14 can be composed of any suitable material and, in

illustrating one adaptation and use of my invention, this panel, as wellas the panel 15, can be extensible only in the vertical direction.

The rear panel 15 is of greater width overall than the front panel 14and has a contracted upper end 26 and a slightly contracted lower end27.

The panty if has a waistband portion 28 attached to upper edges of 1d,15, 16 and 17, as well as the lower edge of the waistband 12', by anysuitable stitchings, as diagrammatically seen at 29 inFlG. 2 of thedrawing, in which figure, the overlapped portions 13 of the waistband12. are clearly shown, as well as the upper end 23 of the front panel14. The lower portion of the panty has leg openings, as seen at 34preferably reinforced by a hem 31, which extends onto the crotch portion32 of the panty. The rear of this crotch portion is preferablyreinforced by a transverse stitching, shown, in part, at 33 in HS. 1 ofthe drawing. The panty 11 can be composed of any suitable material but,in illustrating one a aptation and use, it is preferred that the pantybe composed of an all-way stretch material, such as Helenca. it whl beunderstood that the panty is freely disposed within the girdle, exceptfor its attachment to the waistband p rtion and the panty will flexwith, or independtly of, flexure of the body portion of the girdle, aswill be readily apparent.

In the modified showing of FIG. 4 of the drawing, I have shown, in part,means for detachable mounting of the panty with the irdle to facilitateindependent laundering of he panty. With this construction, the upperedge portion 28 of the girdle has fixed thereto, at suitablecircumferentially spaced intervals, the male members 34 of conventionalsnap fasteners and the upper edges of the panels 14, 15, sides 16 and1'7 and the lower edge of the Waistband 12 will have fixed thereto atcorresponding intervals female members 35 of snap fasteners, asdiagrammatically illustrated in said figure. In addition to facilitatinglaundering, this will provide uses of the girdle independent of thepanty insertion.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A girdle of the character defined comprising a body portion, an elasticwaistband attached to and projecting above the body portion, thewaistband having upper and lower edges, an all-way stretch pantyarranged entirely within the body portion, an upper edge of the pantybeing attached to the body portion adjacent the upper end thereof and tothe lower edge portion only of said elastic waistband, said parity beingfreely disposed within the body portion below said elastic waistband,the body portion of the girdle including front and rear wide centrallydisposed panels extending the full length of the body portion, said bodyportion comprising all-way stretch side portions extending onto thefront and rear of the girdle and attached to side edges of both of saidpanels, and said panels having contracted upper and lower ends.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,009,011 Gribbon July 23, 1935 2,721,325 Trudeau Oct. 25, 19552,888,018 Grishman May 26, 1959 2,983,924 Cohen et al May 16, 1961FOREIGN PATENTS 546,348 Germany Mar. 11, 1932

